Master Chief Plasencia is a native of Duncan, Oklahoma and joined the Navy 29 July 2000. After Basic Training in Great Lakes, Illinois, he attended Basic Enlisted Submarine School and Radio “A” school in New London, Connecticut.
Commander Jeremy David Braun “J.D.” is a native of Chatham, Virginia. After graduating Hargrave Military Academy in 2000, he attended the University of Virginia to pursue his degree in History. Upon graduation and commissioning through the ROTC program in 2004, he initiated flight training in Pensacola, Florida.
U.S. Navy recruiters prepare for the upcoming Super Bowl, Mardi Gras, and holiday festivities in New Orleans, Dec. 11, 2024. NTAG New Orleans' role in national defense is to continue to man the Navy's Active and Reserve components. NTAG New Orleans' area of responsibility includes more than 24 Navy Recruiting and Navy Officer Recruiting stations, encompassing 91,940 square miles withing Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and the Florida panhandle. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Spaecialist 2nd Class Riley Gasdia)
Commander Jeremy David Braun “J.D.” is a native of Chatham, Virginia. After graduating Hargrave Military Academy in 2000, he attended the University of Virginia to pursue his degree in History. Upon graduation and commissioning through the ROTC program in 2004, he initiated flight training in Pensacola, Florida. Additional stints with VT-27 and HT-18 enabled him to earn his Aviator wings in 2006 and subsequent assignment to AWSTS for final training on the MH-53E helicopter.
His first squadron tour was with HELMINERON FOURTEEN (HM-14) in Norfolk, VA to conduct Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM) and logistics support, including deployments to Iwakuni, Japan and Manama, Bahrain. Following the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, he...
